The coalition will work to sustain and develop state programs to help residents buy affordable electric cars and expand ...

Under California’s mandate, 35% of new 2026 model cars sold in the state must be zero-emissions, ramping up to 68% in 2030 ...

Senate Republicans have voted to establish a new precedent that will allow them to roll back clean air standards in ...

Earlier today, the US Senate voted to revoke California’s waiver to set its own clean air rules using the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The House previously voted on a similar measure earlier this ...

After the GOP-led House ignored rules to revoke the Golden State’s authority to implement the nation’s toughest vehicle ...

In another swift rebuke of the Trump administration, California officials announced Thursday they plan to sue the federal ...

United States Senator Alex Padilla of California, a ranking member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, ...

Section 209 of the Clean Air Act allows states like California to request a waiver of the federal preemption the law created concerning vehicle emissions standards. Waivers for vehicle emissions ...

For decades, California has been granted special authority to set its own vehicle-emission standards by utilizing waivers issued by the EPA. Clean Air Act waivers have been fundamental to the ...

Ordinarily, California could not legislate clean air standards for the entire nation. In the Clean Air Act, Congress gave the EPA exclusive authority to set nationwide emission standards—an ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is teeing up a contentious vote to overturn California’s electric vehicle mandate, defying a ruling from the Senate parliamentarian. “This week, we ...

More than a dozen states have followed California’s lead. Thune called it an “improper expansion” of the federal Clean Air Act that would “endanger consumers, our economy and our nation ...